The Doll Blog

Two of the suppliers to our doll sites have announced plans to discontinue in their current form. Showstoppers, makers of fine porcelain dolls and gift dolls, (Here’s one of their dolls) sent us this email: After almost 30 years of enjoying the pleasure of bringing you some of the most exciting dolls available anywhere, we [...]

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Happy Holidays to all our friends from ‘The Doll Blog’

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We’re sorry to see KB Toys go… 460 stores closing after they sell as much as they can for Christmas. Second time for them in 4 years, this time it’s final. Ouch! At any rate, we thought that our readers would be interested in the following information: It’s from the list of the top forty [...]

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Doll play is generally recognized as fulfilling many of the psychological needs of children; the need for play, first steps to learning to nurture, role playing and many more. But what about the Doll play of adults? Elinor Peace Bailey is a renowned doll maker, teacher, artist, poet and author. Eighteen years ago she wrote [...]

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I’ve commented before on the Barbie vs. Bratz case, and followed it with interest, but even I was surprised with the severity of the final judgement: MGA must immediately stop making Bratz dolls MGA must pull all Bratz Dolls off the shelves and out of the stores. MGA must pay the retailers for the unsold [...]

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Times are tough, the American economy is taking a major ass-whupping… Us too – last year our average order was $40, this year it’s probably $20. But we sell a basic item in our online stores: ethnic baby dolls, and to a small niche. If you are Black, Hispanic or Asian, and live in the [...]

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